Icomb, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54

An exciting redevelopment opportunity with far reaching views.

Description

West Winds is a substantial detached property situated on a mature and serene plot extending to 0.6 of an acre, offering breathtaking, far-reaching views of the Cotswold countryside. The property is approached over a curved sweeping gravel drive. Large windows and glass doors stretch across the living areas, allowing natural light to flood the interior and framing the stunning scenery outside.

The sale of the property is an exciting opportunity to create the house of your dreams set within a very generous plot with far reaching views, subject to gaining the appropriate planning permission.

Lot 2 - Paddock
A paddock lying to the south-west of the house extends to 0.6 of an acre. Electricity and water are connected. The paddock is available by separate negotiation. Guide price £50,000.

Location

The highly regarded village of Icomb is situated in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and offers sweeping panoramic views. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book and most of the properties were built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries from local stone. The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin was built in the thirteenth century and contains the tomb of a knight who fought with Henry V at Agincourt. Icomb is an active and thriving village with a strong sense of community.

The historic market town of Stow-on-the-Wold provides an excellent range of shops and facilities to meet day-to-day needs as well many excellent restaurants, pubs, antique shops, boutiques and delicatessens. Bourton-on-the-Water, Moreton-in-Marsh and Burford provide further shops and services. The celebrated Daylesford Organic Shop and Spa is about five miles away. The exclusive leisure facilities of Soho Farmhouse are only 16 miles distant.

There is an excellent range of private and state schools in the area and further afield including the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, a primary school in Stow-on-the-Wold, Kingham Hill, Cheltenham Ladies’ College and St Edward’s in Oxford.

The area offers a range of leisure pursuits including fishing on the Evenlode, national hunt racing at Cheltenham, Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick, polo at Kirtlington and Cirencester Park, golf at Naunton Downs, Lyneham, Burford and Chipping Norton and sailing at the Cotswolds Water Park. There are excellent theatres in Chipping Norton, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon. The surrounding countryside provides many attractive walks along the extensive network of bridleways and footpaths.

The area is well-served by road and rail links with the nearby Fosse Way/A429 providing links to Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick to the north and Cirencester to the south. The A40 at Burford connects to the M40 at Oxford and onwards to London. Kingham Station is just four miles away providing direct trains to Oxford, London Paddington and Worcester.

Square Footage: 2,726 sq ft



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Additional Info

Local Authority: Cotswold District Council.
Telephone . Band G.

Services
Mains water and electricity are connected. Oil fired central heating. Telephone line subject to BT transfer regulations.
Currently sewage goes to a septic tank at Hill Barn Cottage. As part of the sale of West Winds the purchaser will have to install their own septic tank within in six months of the purchase.

Energy Performance Certificate
EPC rating = F.

Town and Country Planning
The property lies within the area administered by Cotswold District Council, to whom interested parties are advised to make their own enquiries in respect of any planning issues and development opportunities for the proper

Wayleaves, Easements and Rights of Way
The property is sold subject to the benefit of all rights including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and any other rights and obligations, easements and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether referred to in the Conditions of Sale, or not.

Particulars prepared: March 2025. Photographs taken: August 2024.